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Show large hands and feet of the American girl. But there is the same cleer woman wo-man In each case. People who saw the pictures of Mrs., Flake sent nut In advance thought they: must be taken from very early pltoto-! graphs, because thev did not look like the woman who plated Becky Sharpe lsl year. Thev were somewhat sur-1 prised to sea that Mrs. Fink fulfilled i the promiae of the pictures The actress. Iiowever. continues her cJom of never appearing on the atage without her hat: and ahe certainly uses some wonderful pieces of headgear. Of the company, perhaps the first honors hon-ors go to Fiorina Arnold, who plays Ma. Not only In makeup which la somewhat startling does "Mi" fill the titit. - twt tn vTy Ttttle nitmeiuein does slt display the woman who has started too late In life to learn the little wavs of Society and who cannot forget the manners she learned at Missionary Loop, Ind. Mlsa Arnold la a scream all through the piece, and adda much to It attractiveness. attrac-tiveness. , Malcolm Duntan. aa Peter Swallow, "monument alts t,v and somewhat of an f rat or In his way, also furnishes much of the fun of the piece. In the Its w son horn he l about as appropriate as a bull In a china shop snd apparently sa unconscious un-conscious of the Ohlppendala rules of Society So-ciety that ha la breaking. Trie other member of the company are likewise efficient, and It would be hard to pick between them. It la a large company, com-pany, and the actora And actresses are all wall placed. Mra. Flake la appearing In the same bill this afternoon at the Salt l.akel).eatre. and .will wind up at that plajrhouse to-1 to-1 night. The audience of las' nlghl waa large, and that of tonight efiould be sven larger, for It la a cleversketch, not too heaw. and such as atummer audlince dellgh ts to hear. f SALT LAKE 'Mrs. Bumpatead-Lelgh (den t forget the hyphen, please! turns out. after aM. to be very much of an adventuress, ad-venturess, who st ambition is to use the money her father made by the manufacture manufac-ture of a patented stomach tonic at Missionary Mis-sionary Loop. Ind , to gain an entrance Into the realms of society the kind you Spell with a capital S. Her ambition Is not of the highest or most MealHHtc type, but It Is Intensely human: and she wins the sympathy of the audience because she humbles the pride of those who worship the little god Family; Fam-ily; And because, after all, she does what sh does in the plsv with tha unselfish desire te aea her sister wedded Into that ssme Family worshiping class. For her-- her-- , self, her own skill and cleverness and "nerve had placed" her In. the desired position long ago. She la handicapped In her endeavors In behalf of the other member mem-ber of her family bv a mother who would be line. If she would only keep her mouth si rut but cannot; and by a sister , who, having started her education of the better type earlier in Ufa than Mra. Rumpstead -Leigh, has somehow imbibed! some ideals that conflict with tha elder'a id ess of "common aenae," aa wall aa with her plana. "Turtle-doves never get anywhere.' Delia telle Violet. In one of those Interesting Inter-esting family talks which add ao much to the play by reason of tha contrast between be-tween their frank sincerity and the sham of the ftoclety gossip. "They always roost an a ridgepole. fod help tje, Indeed." she exclaims In ' response to "Ma'e" dismayed appeal when on the verge of exposure. ''why not? We help oureetvee." "What are you." "Ma" wants to Itnow from Violet, "a viper or my own daughter nurtured tn my own bosom?" "Phe's a viper. "Ma." aaya tha Mar daughter. "And you're a whale a spouting spout-ing whale. I'm going to atart a menagerie." mena-gerie." It la In little nassages at arms Ilka this that tha play furnishes much of Its humor. hu-mor. Mrs. Bumpetesd-Lelgh certainty haa profited by her moat studious. If belated, be-lated, education, and ahe can tell a whole story In a single phrase. Wherein the author. Henry James Smith, proves his mastery of tha English language. And C he la master of tha modern drama, too. as la proved bv tha many clever situations situa-tions he gains out Of a plot, which Ml Its last an J vats would seem simply to appeal to tha sordid. The play is full of humor and wit all tha way through. , And If It lacked anything, th excellent company with Mrs. Flake At Its head would certainly 'fill np the- deficiencies. . Mrs. Flake s role la somewhat like that In which she waa taat seen hers "Becky Sharpe. And the same cleverness snd . art ar shown In the Interpretation. Ter-liaps Ter-liaps the most remarkable feature is Mra. Fluke's control of Iter voice. It la an entirely different vole that fUa uses tn the famlv councils of wsr to that In which Mra. Btimpetead-laelgh tells her -. friends w Socjet v In t he "wonderfully" |